Source: NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION submitted to NRP
CONTINUING ANNUAL INVENTORIES AND ASSESSMENTS ARE NEEDED
Sponsoring Institution
Forest Service/USDA
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
USDA INHOUSE
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
0205779
Grant No.
(N/A)
Cumulative Award Amt.
(N/A)
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Oct 1, 2004
Project End Date
Sep 30, 2008
Grant Year
(N/A)
Program Code
[(N/A)]- (N/A)
Recipient Organization
NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION
1992 FOLWELL AVENUE
ST PAUL,MN 55108
Performing Department
NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION - ST. PAUL, MN
Non Technical Summary
Continuing annual inventories and assessments are needed If we are going to improve the understanding and management of our Nation's forests by tracking the extent, condition, and health of the region's forestlands then continuing annual inventories and assessments are needed
Animal Health Component
75%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
75%
Developmental
25%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
12306992090100%
Knowledge Area
123 - Management and Sustainability of Forest Resources;

Subject Of Investigation
0699 - Trees, forests, and forest products, general;

Field Of Science
2090 - Statistics, econometrics, and biometrics;
Goals / Objectives
Although successful in transitioning the region to annual inventories, challenges remain. We must now maintain the effort on a sustained annual basis and improve its efficiency if we are going to meet all deadlines and requirements for conducting annual inventories and delivering privacy-protected results. Doing so will allow us to fully deliver the annual inventory program mandated by Law, promised in the National Strategic Plan, and expected by our partners and clients. Therefore, if we are going to improve the understanding and management of our Nation's forests by tracking the extent, condition, and health of the region's forestlands then continuing annual inventories and assessments are needed
Project Methods
This problem covers all aspects of gathering, processing, and reporting annual inventory data, and providing comprehensive and continuing characterizations of the region's forests and the major issues, factors, and agents impacting and shaping those forests. The following planned accomplishments will allow us to not only sustain our current effort, but fully meet annual inventory mandates, promises, and expectations: Modify the hexagonal sampling design, continue to image-interpret 21,000 sample locations annually, explore alternatives to courthouse visits as the primary means of acquiring plot ownership information, optimize crew size and staffing mix, conduct a comprehensive quality assurance program the uses pre-field trainings, crew certifications, crew audits, blind and non-blind plot re-measurements, streamline the St. Paul office edit, which captures errors/anomalies not caught in the field, stratify all plots for variance reduction using refined and automated GIS and satellite image processing techniques for delineating and selecting strata, stratify all plots for variance reduction, install and use the National Information Management System to store clean field data, Develop a series of 'virtual analyst' tools and web services to automate much of the data validation, data analysis and report generation, implement a comprehensive web-based system for collecting, processing and annually reporting Timber Products Output results, annually characterize the owners of the region's forests, and determine their ownership objectives, deliver comprehensive and issue-based 5-year reports for each National Forest in our states, Continue to maintain the RPA and FIA national databases and data-distribution tools over the next 5 years.

Progress 10/01/04 to 09/30/08

Outputs
OUTPUTS: Product lines are being developed for each major issue with spatial products and further research to expand scope and impact of results. For example, wildlife models or risk assessments that span eco-regions instead of state boundaries. PARTICIPANTS: Our unit works with many partners and cooperators. To complete work on National Forest lands, we partner with the Eastern, Northern, and Rocky Mountain Regional Offices. Our State partners provide essential support and in-kind contributions. We partner with universities to link with nationally and internationally recognized technical experts. Our State partners include; Connecticut Division of Forestry, Delaware Forest Service, Illinois Division of Forest Resources, Indiana Division of Forestry, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Kansas Forest Service, Lumberjack Resource Conservation and Development Maine Forest Service, Maryland Forest Service, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Department of Conservation, Nebraska Forest Service, New Hampshire Division of Forests & Lands, New Jersey Forest Service, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, North Dakota Forest Service, Ohio Division of Forestry, Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, Rhode Island Division of Forest Environment, South Dakota Division of Resource Conservation and Forestry, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, West Virginia Division of Forestry, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. In addition to the above partner organizations, we collaborate with several NGO's including Nature Serve, Conservation Biology Institute of US Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center, USGS EROS Data Center, NASA. We also collaborate with the other research work units in our Station on research of mutual benefit. TARGET AUDIENCES: NC-FIA provides forest inventory and analysis information for the states in the northern region for all citizens of the U.S. with an interest in the status of our nation's forests both public and private. This includes members of institutions and governmental agencies including State Foresters, private industry, university researchers, U.S. Congress and all Federal Agencies, etc. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: NC-FIA has combined with NE-FIA as the result of the merging of the two Research Stations. Additionally, our unit has incorporated two former NE units: carbon and economics. This has required an evaluation and consolidation of our organizations and our methodologies. This effort had to take place concurrently with the continuing output of field data collection and analytical reporting.

Impacts
The results have fostered policy development and management decisions affecting millions of acres of forest land. Our unit continues to work on special projects that monitor environmental factors such as water quality, soil depletion, forest regeneration and the fragmentation of forest lands. Covering all aspects of gathering, processing and reporting annual inventory data, and providing comprehensive and continuing characterizations of the region's forests and the major issues, factors and agents impacting and shaping those forests will allow us to not only sustain our effort, but fully meet annual inventory mandates, promises, and expectations.

Publications

  • Widmann, R. H. 2008. Ohio's forest resources, 2006. Res. Note. NRS-22. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p. Available at http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/fia/data-tools/state-reports/default.asp
  • Widmann, R. H.; Cook, Gregory W. 2008. West Virginia's forest resources, 2006. Res. Note. NRS-23. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p. Available at http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/fia/data-tools/state-reports/default.asp
  • Zhang, Y.; Liao, X.; Butler, B.J.; Schelhas, J. 2008. The Increasing Importance of Small-Scale Forestry: Evidence from Family Forest Ownership Patterns in the United States. Small-Scale Forestry. DOI 10.1007/s 11842-008-9050-6.
  • Butler, Brett J., Miles, Patrick D.; Hansen, Mark H. 2008. National Woodland Owner Survey Tabler web-application version 1.0. Amherst, MA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Available at http://fiatools.fs.fed.us/NWOS/tablemaker.jsp
  • Butler, Brett J.; Burnham, Charles; Goodnight, I. Ted; O'Connell, Barbara; Tirrell, Bryan. 2008. Massachussetts' forest resources, 2006. Research Note, NRS-13. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4p.
  • Butler, Brett J.; Carr, Mary A. 2008. Who Owns America's Forests NRS-INF-06-08. Newtown Square, PA. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 7p.
  • Butler, Brett J.; Goodnight, I. Ted; Hochholzer, Helene F.; O'Connell, Barbara; Tirrell Bryan. 2008. Connecticut's forest resources, 2006. Research Note NRS-15. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p.
  • Butler, Brett J.; Goodnight, I.; O'Connell, Barbara; Payton, Bruce; Tirrell Bryan. 2008. Rhode Island's forest resources, 2006. Research Note NRS-14. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4p.
  • Butler, Brett J.; Tyrrell, Mary; Feinberg, Geoff, Vanmanen, Scott; Wiseman, Larry; Wallinger, Scott. 2007. Understanding and reaching family forest owners: Lessons from social marketing research. Journal of Forestry. October/November 105 (7): 348 - 357.
  • Crocker, Susan J. 2007. Iowa's forest resources, 2006. Res. Note. NRS-12. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p. http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/fia/data-tools/state-reports/default.asp
  • Hansen, M.H.: Perry, C.H.; Brand, G.; McRoberts, R.E. 2008. Wisconsin's forests, 2004: statistics and quality assurance. Resour. Bull. NRS-24. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 98 p. Available at http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/4271
  • Butler, Brett J. 2008. Family Forest Owners of the United States, 2006. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-27. Newtown Square, PA; U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 72 p.
  • Butler, Brett J. 2008. Forest Ownership Patters are Changing. National Woodlands. Spring 2008: 8-9.
  • Kittridge, David B.; D'Amato, Anthony; Catanzaro, Paul; Fish, Jennifer; Butler, Brett J. 2008. Estimating ownerships and parcels of non-industrial private forest in Massachusetts. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 25 (2): 93-98.
  • Majumdar, Indrajit; Teeter, Lawrence; Butler, Brett. 2008. Characterizing Family Owned Forest Owners: A Cluster Analysis Approach. Forest Science. 54(2): 176-184.
  • McWilliams, William H.; Cassell, Seth P.; Alerich, Carol L.; Butler, Brett J.; Hoppus, Michael L.; Horsley, Stephen, B.; Lister, Andrew J; Lister, Tonya W.; Morin, Randall S.; Perry, Charles H.; Westfall, James A.; Wharton, Eric H.; Woodall, Christopher W. 2007 Pennsylvania's Forest 2004. Resour. Bull. NRS-20. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 86 p.
  • Meneguzzo, D.M. 2007. Nebraska's forest resources, 2006. Res. Note NRS-11. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p. http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/fia/data-tools/state-reports/default.asp
  • Morin, R.S.; De Deus, R. 2008. Vermont's forest resources, 2006. Res. Note NRS-16. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p. http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/fia/data-tools/state-reports/default.asp
  • Morin, R.S.; Tansey, M. 2008. New Hampshire's forest resources, 2006. Res. Note NRS-17. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p. http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/fia/data-tools/state-reports/default.asp
  • Piva, Ronald J.; Haugan, Douglas; Josten, Gregory J.2007. South Dakota's forest resrouces, 2006. Res. Note NRS-10. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p. http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/fia/data-tools/state-reports/default.asp
  • Widmann, R. H. 2008. New Jersey's forest resources, 2006. Res. Note. NRS-21. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p. Available at http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/fia/data-tools/state-reports/default.asp


Progress 10/01/06 to 09/30/07

Outputs
OUTPUTS: Product lines are being developed for each major issue with spatial products and further research to expand scope and impact of results. For example, wildlife models or risk assessments that span eco-regions instead state boundaries. PARTICIPANTS: Our unit works with many partners and cooperators. To complete work on National Forest lands, we partner with the Eastern, Northern, and Rocky Mountain Regional Offices. Our State partners provide essential support and in-kind contributions. We partner with universities to link with nationally and internationally recognized technical experts. Our State partners include; Connecticut Division of Forestry, Delaware Forest Service, Illinois Division of Forest Resources, Indiana Division of Forestry, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Kansas Forest Service, Lumberjack Resource Conservation and Development Maine Forest Service, Maryland Forest Service, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Department of Conservation, Nebraska Forest Service, New Hampshire Division of Forests & Lands, New Jersey Forest Service,New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, North Dakota Forest Service, Ohio Division of Forestry, Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, Rhode Island Division of Forest Environment, South Dakota Division of Resource Conservation and Forestry, Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, West Virginia Division of Forestry, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. In addition to the above partner organizations, we collaborate with several NGO's including Nature Serve, Conservation Biology Institute of US Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center, USGS EROS Data Center, NASA. We also collaborate with the other research work units in our Station on research of mutual benefit. Our Unit provided research opportunites and professional development to: PhD forestry intern from Madrid Spain, a Hispanic college student under the HACU program, two high school student interns, elementary students engaged in outdoor activities and a formal high school educational program in forest and water quality issues. TARGET AUDIENCES: NC-FIA provides forest inventory and analysis information for the states in the northern region for all citizens of the U.S. with an interest in the status of our nation's forests both public and private. This includes members of institutions and governmental agencies including State Foresters, private industry, university researchers, U.S. Congress and all Federal Agencies, etc. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: NC-FIA has combined with NE-FIA as the result of the merging of the two Research Stations. This has required an evaluation and consolidation of our organizations and our methodologies. This effort had to take place concurrently with the continuing output of field data collection and analytical reporting.

Impacts
The results have fostered policy development and management decisions affecting millions of acres of forest land. Our unit continues to work on special projects that monitor environmental factors such as water quality, soil depletion, forest regineration and the fragmentation of forest lands. Covering all aspects of gathering, processing and reporting annual inventory data, and providing comprehensive and continuing characterizations of the region's forests and the major issues, factors and agents impacting and shaping those forests will allow us to not only sustain our effort, but fully meet annual inventory mandates, promises, and expectations.

Publications

  • Crocker, Susan J.; Brand, Gary J., and Little, Dick C. Illinois' Forest Resources, 2005. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station; 2007: 39p.
  • Crocker, Susasn J.; Brand, Gary J., and Flickinger, Aron. Iowa's Forest Resources in 2005. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station; 2007: 31p.
  • Finley, Andrew O.; McRoberts, Ronald E., and Ek, Alan R. 2007. Applying an Efficient K-Nearest Neighbor Search To Forest Attribute Imputation. Chris J Cieszewski and Mike Strub. Second Interational Conference on Forest Measurements and Quantitative Methods and Management; Hot Springs, AR, USA. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Unversity of Georgia, Athens, GA.
  • Leatherberry, Earl C.; Moser, W. Keith; Perry, Charles; Woodall, Christopher; Jepsen, Edward; Pennington, Steve, and Flickinger, Aron. Iowa's Forests 1999-2003 (Part A). St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Reserach Station; 2007: 84p.
  • McRoberts, Ronald E; Barbour, R. James; Gebert, Krista M; Liknes, Greg C; Nelson, Mark D; Meneguzzo, Dacia M; Odell, Susan L; Yaddof, Steven C; Stein, Susan M; Mowrer, Todd H; Lynn, Kathy, and Gerlitz, Wendy M. Using Basic Geographic Information Systems Functionality to Support Sustainable Forest Management Decision Making and Post-Decision Assessments. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 2007; 23, (4): 13-34. y; v. 2006.
  • McRoberts, Ronald E; Holden, Geoffrey R, and Liknes, Greg C. The effects of uncertainty in forest inventory plot locations. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station. Sustainable Forestry In Theory and Practice, Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-688. 2007: 10p.
  • McRoberts, Ronald E. and Meneguzzo, Dacia M. Estimating Tree Species Richness From Forest Inventory Plot Data. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station. Sustainable Forestry in Theory and Practice, Gen. Tech. Rep PNW-GTR-688. 2007: pp 9.
  • Meneguzzo, Dacia M; Brand, Gary J, and Lovett, William R, Forester, Research Forester, Forester. Nebraska's Forest Resources in 2005. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station; 2007: 21 p.
  • Miles, P. D. and Heinzen, D. Minnesota's Forest Resources, 2006. Newtown Square, PA: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station; 2007: 4 p.
  • Miles, Patrick D. and Brand, Gary J. Minnesota's Forest Resources in 2005. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station; 2007: 33p.
  • Miles, Patrick D.; Jacobson, Keith; Brand, Gary J.; Jepsen, Ed; Meneguzzo, Dacia; Mielke, Manfred E.; Olson, Cassandra; Perry, Charles H. Hobie; Piva, Ron; Wilson, Barry Tyler, and Woodall, Christopher. Minnesota's Forests 1999-2003 (Part A). Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station; 2007: 92p.
  • Moser WK, Hansen MH, McWilliams W, Sheffield R. 2007. Shortleaf pine composition and structure in the United States. In Kabrick J, Dey D, Gwaze D, eds. Shotleaf pine restoration and ecology in the Ozarks: Proceedings of a symposium, 4-6 November 2006. Springfield, MO. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-15. p. 19-27.
  • Moser WK, Hansen MH, Atchison RL. 2007. Kansas' forest resources in 2006. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station Res. Note NRS-9. 4 p.
  • Moser WK, Hansen MH, Treiman TB. 2007. Missouri's forest resources in 2006. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station Res. Note NRS-4. 4 p.
  • Moser WK, Brand GJ, Powers M. 2007. Kansas' forest resources in 2005. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station Resour. Bull. NRS-11. 25 p.
  • Moser WK, Hansen MH, Brand GJ, Treiman TB. 2007. Missouri's forest resources in 2005. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Resour. Bull. NRS-15. 25 p.
  • Moser WK, Hansen MH, Nelson MD, Crocker S, Perry CH, Schulz B, Woodall CW, Nagel L, Mielke M. 2007. The Boundary Waters and the Blowdown: A resource assessment of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, 1999-2003. Newtown Square, PA:U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-7. 54 p.
  • Moser WK, Hansen MH, Treiman TB, Jepson E, Leatherberry EC, Liknes G, Perry CH, Olson CL, Piva RJ, Woodall CW, Brand GJ. 2007. Missouri's forests 1999-2003, Part A. Newtown Square, PA:U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Resour. Bull. NRS-10. 79 p.
  • Nelson, Mark D. and Liknes, Greg C. Forest Land Ownership in the Conterminous United States. In Law, M., ed. 2007. ESRI Map Book Vol. 22., p. 76. ESRI Press: Redlands, CA.
  • Nelson MD, Moser, WK. 2007. Integrating remote sensing and forest inventory data for assessing the BWCAW blowdown. In: Greer JD, ed. New Remote Sensing Technologies for Resource Managers; Proceedings of the Eleventh Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference; 24-28 April 2006; Salt Lake City, UT. CD-ROM, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: 8 pp.
  • Perry, C. H. and Brand, G. J. Wisconsin's Forest Resources, 2005. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station; 2007: 32p.
  • Perry, C. H. and Everson, V. A. Wisconsin's Forest Resources, 2006. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station; 2007: 4p.
  • Amacher, Michael C; O'Neill, Katherine P, and Perry, Charles H. Soil Vital Signs: A New Soil Quality Index (SQI) for Assessing Forest Soil Health. Ft. Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station; 2007: 12p.
  • Crocker, S. J. and Little, D. C. Illinois' Forest Resources, 2006. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station; 2007: 4p.
  • Piva, Ronald J.; Haugan Douglas; Josten, Gregory J.; Brand, Gary J. 2007. South Dakota's forest resources in 2005. Resour. Bull. NRS-5. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 22 p. [Available online: http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us]
  • Piva, Ronald J.; Haugan Douglas; Josten, Gregory J. 2007. South Dakota's forest resources in 2006. Resour. Bull. NRS-10. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p. [Available online: http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us]
  • Piva, Ronald J.; Haugen, David E. 2006. Woody biomass from residues in the North-Central Region. 2006 Society of American Foresters national meeting; Pittsburg, PA. October 25-28, 2006
  • Piva, Ronald J.; Gormanson, Dale D.; and Schnell, Eric M. 2006. Production and consumption of industrial roundwood in the North-Central Region. 2006 Society of American Foresters national meeting; Pittsburg, PA. October 25-28, 2006
  • Pugh, S.A. 2007. Michigan's forest resources, 2006. Research Note NRS-6. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 4 p.
  • Shifley, Stephen R. and Woodall, Christopher W. The Past, Present, And Future Of Indiana's Oak ForestsBuckley, David. and Clatterbuck, Wayne K. eds. Proceedings of the 15th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Knoxvill, TN. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station; 2007.
  • Treiman TB, Piva RJ, Moser WK. 2007. Timber harvest levels and pressure on shortleaf pine in Missouri. In Kabrick J, Dey D, Gwaze D, eds. Shotleaf pine restoration and ecology in the Ozarks: Proceedings of a symposium, 4-6 November 2006. Springfield, MO. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-15. p. 179-185.
  • Walker, Wayne S; Kellendorfer, Josef M; LaPoint, Elizabeth; Hoppus, Michael, and Westfall, James. An empirical InSAR-optical fusion approach to mapping vegetation canopy height. 2007; 109, 482-499. y; v. November 2006.
  • Woodall, C. W. and Gallion, J. Indiana's forest resources, 2006. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agricluture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station; 2007: 4p.
  • Woodall, C. W. and Nagel, L. M. Downed woody fuel loading dynamics of a large-scale blowdown in northern Minnesota, U.S.A. 2007; 247, 194-199. v. December 18, 2006.
  • Woodall, Christopher; Brand, Gary, and Gallion, Joey. Indiana's Forest Resources 2005. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station; 2007: 63p.
  • Woodall, Christopher W; Oswalt, Sonja N, and Morin, Randall S. Attributes of Down Woddy Materials In Hardwood Forests Of The Eastern United StatesBuckley, David S. and Clatterbuck, Wayne K. eds. Proceedings of the 15th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Knoxville, TN. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station; 2007.


Progress 10/01/05 to 09/30/06

Outputs
We were successful in transitioning the region to annual inventories. We now maintain the effort on a sustained annual basis with improved efficiency. Doing so will allow us to fully deliver the annual inventory program mandated by law, promised in the National Strategic Plan, and expected by our partners and clients. As a result 32 publications were produced (27 station publications, 4 proceedings and 1 abstract).

Impacts
Covering all aspects of gathering, processing and reporting annual inventory data, and providing comprehensive and continuing characterizations of the region's forests and the major issues, factors and agents impacting and shaping those forests will allow us to not only sustain our effort, but fully meet annual inventory mandates, promises, and expectations.

Publications

  • Perry, Charles H. 2006. Wisconsin's forest resources in 2004. Resour. Bull. NC-261. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: St. Paul, MN. 34 p. [Available online: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us].
  • Piva, Ronald J. 2005. Pulpwood production in the North-Central Region, 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-251. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 56 p.
  • Piva, Ronald J. 2006. Pulpwood production in the North-Central Region, 2004. Resour. Bull. NC-265. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 51 p.
  • Piva, Ronald J.; Josten, Gregory J.; Mayko, Richard D. 2006. South Dakota timber industry--an assessment of timber product output and use, 2004. Resour. Bull. NC-264. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 36 p.
  • Piva, Ronald J.; Haugan Douglas; Josten, Gregory J.; Brand, Gary J. 2005. South Dakota's forest resources in 2004. Resour. Bull. NC-254. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 22 p. [Available online: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us]
  • Pollard, James E.; Westfall, James A.; Patterson, Paul L.; Gartner, David L.; Hansen, Mark; Kuegler, Olaf. 2006. Forest inventory and analysis national data quality assessment report for 2000 to 2003. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-181. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 43 p.
  • Crocker, Susan J.; Leatherberry, Earl C.; Brand, Gary J.; Little, Dick C. 2006. Illinois forest resources in 2004. Resour. Bull. NC-260. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 35 p. [Available online: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us].
  • Crocker, Susan J.; Moser, W. Keith; Brand, Gary J.; Flickinger, Aron. 2006. Iowa`s forest resources in 2004. Resour. Bull. NC-263. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 34 p. [Available online: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us].
  • Czaplewski, Raymond; McRoberts, Ronald; Tomppo, Erkki. 2004. Sample designs. National Forest Assessments, FAO-IUFRO Knowledge Reference: 1-16.
  • Hansen, Mark H.; Brand, Gary J. 2006. Michigan's forest resources in 2004. Resour. Bull. NC-255. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 41 p. [Available online: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us].
  • Haugen, David; Brand, Gary; Kangas, Michael. 2006. North Dakota's forest resources in 2004. Resour. Bull. NC-258. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 20 p. [Available online: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us].
  • Haugen, David E.; Brand, Gary J.; Kangas, Michael. 2006. North Dakotas forest resources in 2005. Resour. Bull. NC-267. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 20 p. [Available online: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us].
  • Liknes, Greg C.; Nelson, Mark D. 2006. Forest land ownership in the conterminous United States. In: ESRI International user conference; 2006 August; [City, State where held unknown]. Redlands, CA: ERSI. Poster abstract.
  • McRoberts, Ronald E. 2005. A proposal for phase 4 of the forest inventory and analysis program. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.' et al., eds. Proceedings of the 5th annual forest inventory and analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 149-157.
  • McRoberts, Ronald E. 2005. Notes on k-nearest neighbors estimation. American Statistical Association, Section on Statistics and the Environment Newsletter. 7(1): 3-4.
  • McRoberts, Ronald E.; Bechtold, William A.; Patterson, Paul L.; Scott, Charles T.; Reams, Gregory A. 2005. The enhanced forest inventory and analysis program of the USDA Forest Service: historical perspective and announcement of statistical documentation. Journal of Forestry. 103(6): 304-308.
  • McRoberts, Ronald E.; Holden, Geoffrey R.; Nelson, Mark D.; Liknes, Greg C.; Moser, Warren K.; Lister, Andrew J.; King, Susan L.; LaPoint, Elizabeth B.; Coulston, John W.; Smith, W. Brad; Reams, Gregory A. 2005. Estimating and circumventing the effects of perturbing and swapping inventory plot locations. Journal of Forestry. 103(6): 275-279.
  • McWilliams, William H.; Lister, Tonya W.; LaPoint, Elizabeth B.; Rose, Anita K.; Vissage, John S. 2006. Current status of chestnut in eastern US forests. In: Steiner, K.C.; Carlson, J.E., eds. Restoration of American chestnut to forest lands, proceedings of a conference and workshop; 2004 May 4-6; Asheville, NC. Nat. Resour. Rep. NPS/NCR/CUE/NRR 2006/001. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service: 31-39.
  • Meneguzzo, Dacia; Moser, W. Keith; Brand, Gary J.; Hansen, Mark H.; Lovett, William R. 2006. Nebraska's forest resources in 2004. Resour. Bull. NC-256. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 25 p. [Available online: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us].
  • Miles, Patrick D.; Brand, Gary J.; Mielke, Manfred E. 2006. Minnesota's forest resources in 2004. Resour. Bull. NC-262. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 36 p. [Available online: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us].
  • Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark H.; Brand, Gary J.; Powers, Melissa. 2006. Kansas forest resources in 2004. Resour. Bull. NC-259. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 30 p. [Available online: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us].
  • Moser, W. Keith; Hansen, Mark H.; Treiman, Thomas; Moltzan, Bruce; Lawrence, Robert; Brand, Gary J. 2006. Missouri's forest resources in 2004. Resour. Bull. NC-257. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 37 p. [Available online: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us].
  • ONeill, Katherine P.; Amacher, Michael C.; Perry, Charles H. 2005. Soils as an indicator of forest health: a guide to the collection, analysis, and interpretation of soil indicator data in the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-258. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 53 p.
  • Reams, Greg; Smith, Bill; Bechtold, Bill; McRoberts, Ronald; Spirek, Frank; Liff, Chuck. 2005. Three proposed data collection models for annual inventories. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; et al., eds. Proceedings of the 5th annual Forest Inventory and Analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 1-7.
  • Woodall, Christopher W.; Leutscher, Bruce. 2005. Extending and intensifying the FIA inventory of down forest fuels: Boundary Waters Canoe Area and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; et al., eds. Proceedings of the 5th annual Forest Inventory and Analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 159-165.
  • Woodall, Christopher W.; Miles, Patrick D. 2006. New method for determining the relative stand density of forest inventory plots. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; et al., eds. Proceedings of the 6th annual Forest Inventory and Analysis symposium; 2004 September 21-24; Denver, CO. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-70. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 105-110.
  • Woodall, C.W.; Nagel, L.M. 2006. Coarse woody type: a new method for analyzing coarse woody debris and forest change. Forest Ecology and Management. 227: 115-121.
  • Woodall, Christopher W.; Nagel, Linda. 2005. Species composition of down dead and standing live trees: implications for forest inventory analysis. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; et al., eds. Proceedings of the 5th annual Forest Inventory and Analysis symposium; 2003 November 18-20; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-69. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 193-198.
  • Woodall, C.W.; Grambsch, P.L.; Thomas, W. 2005. Applying survival analysis to a large-scale forest inventory for assessment of tree mortality in Minnesota. Ecological Modelling. 189: 199-208.
  • Woodall, Christopher W.; Perry, Charles H.; Miles, Patrick D. 2006. The relative density of forests in the United States. Forest Ecology and Management. 226: 368-372.
  • Woodall, Christopher; Hansen, Mark; Brand, Gary; McRoberts, Ronald; Gallion, Joey; Jepsen, Ed. 2006. Indiana's forests, 1999-2003 (Part B). Resour. Bull. NC-253B. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 85 p. [Available online: http://www.ncrs.fs.fed.us].
  • Woodall, Christopher; Johnson, Dan; Gallion, Joey; Perry, Charles; Butler, Brett; Piva, Ron; Jepsen, Ed; Nowak, Dave; Marshall, Phil. 2005. Indiana's forests: 1999-2003 (Part A). Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-253A. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 94 p.


Progress 10/01/04 to 09/30/05

Outputs
Although successful in transitioning the region to annual inventories, challenges remain. We must now maintain the effort on a sustained annual basis and improve its efficiency if we are going to meet all deadlines and requirements for conducting annual inventories and delivering privacy-protected results. Doing so will allow us to fully deliver the annual inventory program mandated by law, promised in the National Strategic Plan, and expected by our partners and clients. As a result, 19 publications were produced (13 station publications, 4 proceedings, and 2 abstracts). We continue annual inventory plots in each of the 11 states in the North Central Region.

Impacts
Covering all aspects of gathering, processing and reporting annual inventory data, and providing comprehensive and continuing characterizations of the region's forests and the major issues, factors and agents impacting and shaping those forests will allow us to not only sustain our effort, but fully meet annual inventory mandates, promises, and expectations.

Publications

  • Piva, Ronald J.; Haugan, Douglas; Josten, Gregory J.; Brand, Gary J. 2005. South Dakota's forest resources in 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-247. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 21p.
  • Perry, C.H.; Woodall, C.W.; Schoeneberger, M.M. 2005. Inventorying trees in agricultural landscapes: towards an accounting of working trees. In: Brooks, K.N.; Ffolliott, P.F., eds. Moving agroforestry into the mainstream: proceedings, 9th North American agroforestry conference; 2005 June 12-15; Rochester, MN: 12p. [Available only on CD-ROM].
  • Woodall, Christopher; Brand, Gary; Vissage, John; Gallion, Joey. 2004. Indiana's forest resources in 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-238. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 33p.
  • Connor, Roger C.; Adams, Tim; Butler, Brett J.; et al. 2004. The state of South Carolina's forests, 2001. Resour. Bull. SRS-96. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 67p.
  • Woodall, Christopher; Williams, Michael. 2005. Sampling protocol, estimation, and analysis procedures for the down woody materials indicator of the FIA program. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-256. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 47p.
  • McRoberts, R.E. 2005. Partitioning the uncertainty in estimates of mean basal area obtained from 10-year diameter growth model predictions. In: McRoberts, et al., eds. In proceedings, 4th annual forest inventory and analysis science symposium; 2002 November 19-21: New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-252. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 45-52
  • Butler, Brett J.; Leatherberry, Earl C. 2004. America's family forest owners. Journal of Forestry. 102(7): 4-9.
  • Czaplewski, Raymond L.; Rack, James; Lessard, Veronica C.; et al. 2005. Coordination, cooperation and collaboration between FIA and NRI. In: McRoberts, Ronald E.; et al., eds. Proceedings, 4th annual forest inventory and analysis science symposium; 2002 November 19-21; New Orleans, LA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-252. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 141-148.
  • Leatherberry, Earl C.; Brand, Gary J.; Pennington, Steve. 2005. Iowa's forest resources in 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-240. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 31p.
  • Leatherberry, Earl C.; Brand, Gary J.; Little, Dick C. 2005. Illinois' forest resources in 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-241. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 37p.
  • Vissage, John S.; Brand, Gary J.; Cummings-Carlson, J. E. 2005. Wisconsin's forest resources in 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-249. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 39p.
  • Miles, Patrick D.; Brand, Gary J.; Mielke, Manfred E. 2005. Minnesota's forest resources in 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-246. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 36p.
  • Moser, W. Keith; Atchison, Robert L.; Brand, Gary J. 2005. Kansas' forest resources in 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-244. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 35p.
  • Leatherberry, Earl C.; Haugen, David; Brand, Gary J. 2005. Michigan's forest resources in 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-245. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 39p.
  • Haugen, David; Brand, Gary J.; Kangas, Michael. 2005. North Dakota's forest resources in 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-248. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 21p.
  • Haugen, David E.; Harsel, Robert A. 2005. North Dakota timber industry--an assessment of timber product output and use, 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-252. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 18p.
  • Moser, W. Keith; Brand, Gary J.; Hansen, Mark H.; Lovett, William R. 2005. Nebraska's forest resources in 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-242. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 30p.
  • Moser, W. Keith; Treiman, Thomas; Moltzan, Bruce; et al. 2005. Missouri's forest resources in 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-243. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 42p.
  • Treiman, Thomas B.; Piva, Ronald J. 2005. Missouri timber industry--an assessment of timber product output and use, 2003. Resour. Bull. NC-250. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station. 74p.